This mystical, contemplative work was a group favorite among the students of Richard Rose in the mid-1970s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cloud_of_Unknowing
The Cloud of Unknowing draws on the mystical tradition of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Christian Neoplatonism, which focuses on the via negativa road to discovering God as a pure entity, beyond any capacity of mental conception and so without any definitive image or form. This tradition has reputedly inspired generations of mystics, from John Scotus Eriugena, Nicholas of Cusa, and John of the Cross. Prior to this, the theme of a passing cloud of ignorance (as opposed to the heavenly and eternal truth of God beyond the cloud) had appeared briefly in the Confessions of Saint Augustine (XIII, XV, 17–18) written around 398 AD.
The full text is here: https://selfdefinition.org/christian/clo...ntents.htm
Youtube: The Cloud of Unknowing: a Medieval Guide for Meditators
School of Philosophy and Economic Science, Scotland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBKi0mwY48w
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cloud_of_Unknowing
The Cloud of Unknowing draws on the mystical tradition of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Christian Neoplatonism, which focuses on the via negativa road to discovering God as a pure entity, beyond any capacity of mental conception and so without any definitive image or form. This tradition has reputedly inspired generations of mystics, from John Scotus Eriugena, Nicholas of Cusa, and John of the Cross. Prior to this, the theme of a passing cloud of ignorance (as opposed to the heavenly and eternal truth of God beyond the cloud) had appeared briefly in the Confessions of Saint Augustine (XIII, XV, 17–18) written around 398 AD.
The full text is here: https://selfdefinition.org/christian/clo...ntents.htm
Youtube: The Cloud of Unknowing: a Medieval Guide for Meditators
School of Philosophy and Economic Science, Scotland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBKi0mwY48w